The full Senate has voted in favor of a bill that would increase Oklahoma’s statute of limitations for both first and second degree manslaughter. Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, is principal author of Senate Bill 414. The Senate gave unanimous approval to SB414, the first bill to pass off the floor during the 2020 legislative session….
What does the Bible say about end times in the light of worldwide pandemics, killer storms, wars in the Middle East, eroding morality and political unrest? Some answers in the light of the Bible will be explained in Tulsa March 19-21 during the 11th Annual Mid-America Prophecy Conference, presented by www.Bibleprophecyaswritten.com Tulsa Southern Hills Marriott….
Lethal drugs available State officials including Gov. Kevin Stitt, Attorney General Mike Hunter and Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Scott Crow said they have found a reliable supply of drugs to resume executions by lethal injection. The state will use an updated version of the previous protocol that includes recommendations by the 2016 multicounty grand…
In his new Fiscal Year 2021 budget proposal, President Donald Trump has appropriated $120 million to fund a veterans’ hospital in Downtown Tulsa. The total cost for the project would be $173 million The veterans’ facility would be a 275,000-square-foot, 58-bed medical-surgical hospital and would be built where the Kerr Edmondson Building stands, next to…
Instead of repairing and revamping Gilcrease Museum, city officials plan to tear it down and build a new facility at the cost of tens of millions of dollars. The Gilcrease Museum, home to more than 350,000 art objects will get a new building paid for a tax increase package approved by Tulsa voters. Surveyors examined…
The Tabuchi Family and Shoji Entertainments, Inc. announced that Branson showman Shoji Tabuchi, will be inducted into the National Fiddler Hall of Fame in 2020. Tabuchi will be honored at a gala, headlined by Grammy Award recipient Kris Kristofferson and The Strangers, on April 18, at the Mabee Center in Tulsa. The National Fiddler Hall…
STILLWATER – Super Bowl LIV is now history and there is Easter candy on the shelves at the store. This can mean just one thing – it is time for a brand new season of the longest-running gardening show on television. Oklahoma Gardening will hit the airwaves Feb. 15 and promises to be chocked full…
BOSTON — While American households are expected to spend nearly $2,000 on fuel in 2020, families can fork out an additional $200 more on gas per year if they aren’t careful, according to a new study released by GasBuddy. The study finds that 37% of Americans are already overpaying for gasoline, with more than 50%…
Jerry Griffin got 377 votes (37%) and incumbent Ruth Ann Fate got 335 votes (33%) February 11 to force a runoff vote in the race for Tulsa School Board, Office 6. In TPS District 1 Office 5, John Croisant got 1,063 votes (44%) and Shane Saunders got 633 votes (26%) to force a runoff. The…
Trump honors Oklahoma family in his State of the Union address Efforts by Congressional Democrats – including U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Oklahoma – to remove President Donald Trump from office were easily defeated February 5 as a majority of U.S. senators voted down both articles of impeachment. It was a bitter pill to swallow for…